title: [Fatal hemorrhage in postpartum by rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm].
abstract: The maternal mortality is rare and when it arises, the family often puts the medical profession in guilty's position. We present the case of a 38-year-old woman, died in the post-partum in a context of intense back pains. The autopsy found an incidental hemorrhagic syndrome to a two-stage rupture of the splenic artery. We shall discuss the aetiology. The autopsy and the anatomopathological examination are practiced only in hardly more than a quarter of the cases while they will be important in proceedings and will allow the family to go into mourning.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine légale et droit de la santé, CHU Timone, Aix Marseille université, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: catherine.lebreton@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lebreton-Chakour
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boval
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torrents
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leonetti
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Piercecchi-Marti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013157:Splenic Artery
keywords: Anévrisme artère splénique; Epidural; Medical responsibility; Post-partum; Péridurale; Responsabilité médicale; Splenic artery aneurysm